Hell Roads - Tail of the Dragon

[tony_d123]

Apologies if this has been posted before, I just watched it on Discovery

Hell Roads - Tail of the Dragon

[Frosties]

Love it - 318 bends in 11 miles  .


You'd just love to ride it, even the name is great - just wouldn't do it on a Harley..... .

[stevierst]

I'd love to ride it. You'd be knackered after that much concentration though!

There's a YouTube clip of two goldwing riders on it scraping the boards on every bend, they really hustle that road, impressive!

[Dead Eye]

Yeah, uhh, no way. Not riding that. Even if the road was closed to all other traffic, I'd still have some serious misgivings about it on two wheels... I'd probably be comfortable driving it though

[Gary]

Id love a go on that! Wouldnt take long for your tyres to get warmed up and you'd be set!

[Skippernick]

Is that a Fazer at 1 minute!!!

[devilsyam]

na its fun ridden it 5 times now once with kosmic

this was last years run not the bear

Bear on the tail of the Dragon

[Dead Eye]

My main concern is everyone else on the road - especially oncoming trucks etc

By myself I'd probably be ok as long as I was in the right mind... occasionally I feel disconnected a little bit where I just can't get the timing on shifts right, or the speed for a corner (90% of the time its too slow, not too fast, thank god). But its fantastic when you feel totally in sync with the bike My worry with a road like this is the former, obviously.

[devilsyam]

Not many trucks on the dragon now a days biggest problem is hurley s they just don't do curves

[Dead Eye]

Yeah, having another biker coming at you head-on on your side of the road is somewhat disconcerting :P

[devilsyam]

Kosmic on the dragon

[Hiswitsend]

Quite an old clip, but and great riding :

[Kosmic Kartman]

Kosmic on the dragon

Yeehaa!

There's a few other roads out that way that are also pretty entertaining. 

One of the best biking hols I've had to date.

[bristol banger]

I rode the Dragon last year with devilsyam, good fun but my favourite road was the cherohala skyway. The scenery was outstanding and when I stopped for a smoke I was amazed at the lack of other road user's.


Steve